Raleigh, N.C.

Travis Long / Raleigh News & Observer

Police officers try to quell chanters shouting, "No resegregation in our town. Shut it down," during a Wake County school board meeting. During a tense marathon meeting, the board voted to stop busing students to achieve racial diversity, then approved the first steps toward a community-based system of student assignment.

Police officers try to quell chanters shouting, "No resegregation in our town. Shut it down," during a Wake County school board meeting. During a tense marathon meeting, the board voted to stop busing students to achieve racial diversity, then approved the first steps toward a community-based system of student assignment. (Travis Long / Raleigh News & Observer)

Police officers try to quell chanters shouting, "No resegregation in our town. Shut it down," during a Wake County school board meeting. During a tense marathon meeting, the board voted to stop busing students to achieve racial diversity, then approved the first steps toward a community-based system of student assignment.